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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011 Dec;128(6):581e–589e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e318230c122

Table 3. Postoperative Outcomes.

Medial Branch
N=120
Lateral Branch
N=108
p-value
Fat Necrosis 10 (8.33%) 14 (12.96%) 0.26
Partial Flap Necrosis 4 (3.3%) 3 (2.78%) 1.0
Fat Necrosis / Partial Flap Necrosis 14 (11.7%) 17 (15.7%) 0.37
Inpatient Hospital Days, mean 4.7 ± 1.0 4.9 ± 1.4 0.37
Follow-Up, mean (Months) 28.2 ± 24.2 33.2 ± 26.1 0.09